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20 HAMILTON SPECTATOR Thursday December 17 2015 Spectator Sport Dual winners in Sprintcar Gold Cup IAN VALE PRESIDENT SRA, VICTORIA A SMALL field of entries didn’t detract from a great night’s racing with a quality field of drivers from three states in the Sprintcar Racing Association of Victoria 360 Sprint Car Gold Cup that after twenty laps of racing had a dead heat finish in the A Main between South Australia’s Jake Tranter and Victoria driver Dion Bellman. Western Speedway Hamilton gave the drivers entered in the AUTOPREMIER Fleet Maintenance 360 Sprintcar Gold Cup a great racing surface for all the heats, top six shoot and the all important A Main event that saw all Sprint Car complete all the race distances and no car damage throughout the racing. The interstate drivers of New South Wales’s Eddie Lumbar and the south Australian drivers Rory Button and Jake Tranter took a win each in the three heat races. But Victoria’s Dion Bellman took two second places and one fourth place finish to be the top point scorer heading into the top six shootout. Tranter denied Bellman the right to start from pole position in the Main event by setting the fastest time and the right to start from position one in the shootout. Bellman set a quick enough time to be on the front row with Tranter followed by Brenten Farrer, Eddie Lumbar, Rory Button and Brayden Parr who would start from position six. Lining up behind the top six for the AUTOPREMIER Fleet Maintenance 360 Sprint Car Gold Cup was Chris Campbell, Kane Newcombe and Andrew Thompson. Twenty laps was set down for the journey, Tranter grab the lead at the drop of the green flag and immediately opened a gap back to Bellman leaving Farrer in third place from Lumbar, Campbell demoted both Button and Parr down the order with Newcombe and Thompson at the rear. Tranter was in control while further back Button, Parr and Campbell were swapping place before the first caution when a pole line marker was dislodged at sent onto the track. Back under way and Tranter now had Bellman in close company before yet another infield maker was dislodged, this time Parr was deemed to have cut the pole and was then relegated back two spot for the restart. With the track slicken off a little Bellman looked to be stronger than Tranter on the restart this time sticking with Tranter, Farrer was looking comfortable in third place but was not gaining on the leaders while Lumbar in forth could do nothing to challenge Farrer. The interest was back further with Parr working his way back past Newcombe then setting his sight on Button in a thrilling duel. Three to go and Bellman was setting the best lap times and moved in to challenge for the lead, Tranter looked to have Bellman covered as they entered the last lap but Bellman was not giving up going into turn three for the last. Tranter left a gap, and with the better drive of Bellman coming out the final turn he was up the inside and in a drag race to the line to cross the line together. Both drivers recording the race distance in a time of 10.09.714 to take a dead heat finish to the 2015 SRA 360 Sprintcar AUTOPREMIER Fleet Maintenance Gold Cup with Farrer finishing in third place. Parr was the mover in the race and after receiving a penalty earlier he raced his way up to fourth place demoting Lumbar to fifth on the last lap, this drive also earnt Brayden Parr the AUTOPREMIER Fleet Maintenance driver of the night $150 award. Rounding out the field was Button in six place ahead of Newcombe, Campbell and Thompson. The Ascot Vale Sports & Trophies best presented car award was taken out by the V34 Team of Brenten Farrer. A great night of racing was had by all and the new breed of younger drivers showed that Sprintcar racing has new stars on the horizon and thanks to Western Speedway Hamilton for providing another good race track for close hard racing. The Sprint Car Racing Association of Victoria returns to the Eureka Garages & Sheds Sprintcar Series for round six at Premier Speedway next Saturday night the 19th of December. This round of the Eureka Garages & Sheds Series promises to be a big night that will also double as a tribute to Max Dumesny and will also be a round of the USC Parr Motorsport track Championship. www.spec.com.au HAPPY CLUB: The Hamilton Speedway Club was pleased with the crowd and standard of racing on Saturday night. Photo: LARA FITPATRICK. 151212LF170 Great show ANN GOLDING SPLIT POINTS: Victoria’s Dion Bellman shared the top of the podium with South Australia’s Jake Tranter on Saturday after the pair finished the Sprintcar Cup ‘A Main’ in a dead heat. Photo: LARA FITZPATRICK. Chrystie stamps his mark as serious contender KELLY ATKINS BRODY Chrystie has taken the win in the final at Hamilton’s Western Speedway on Saturday night in the third round of the Tritech Lubricants VMPA Series. Chrystie started the final from position five after securing two seconds and a midfield placing during his heat. At the drop of the flag he tucked away into a tidy fourth position with Mark Carlin getting the outside jump at the start to take first place in front of Russell Bent. With the two big FG Falcons tussling away it was Graham West and Brodie Chystie fighting it out against each other in the wake of Russell Felsovary who was sitting waiting for either of the lead cars to make a mistake. Bent made the pass on Carlin to take the lead and a few laps later Felsovary went around the outside of Carlin in turn four. Several laps into the final Jake Drewett’s Falcon caused a red light stoppage when his car lost a wheel. It was at this point that both Bent and Felsovary took a step on the wrong side of the rule book with the steward deeming that they had not stopped under the red light in a timely manner. Both drivers were disqualified from the event immediately undoubtedly having huge repercussions on their Series contention. This opened the way for young Chrystie to take the lead with the pack chasing him, Brenton Mills on the low line and Carlin taking to the top trying to carve out a high line with Leigh Bourke in the Cortina making the choice to follow Carlin on the outside as well on the very hooky Hamilton clay. Kye Walters had also moved up onto the front pack from seventh position and passed Carlin before retiring infield after tearing power steering lines from underneath the car. At the drop of the flag it was Brody Chrystie ahead of Brenton Mills with the nifty little Cortina of Leigh Bourke making his way into third position ahead of Mark Carlin, Graham West, Jeff Leahy, Taleah Dolic, Scott Bull, Steve Ellis, Kim Killeen and Corey Crafter. Heat wins were shared between Ricky Clark, Russell Bent, Jeff Leahy, Graham West and Kim Killeen. Clark failed to go out in the final after having fuel and overheating problems withdrawing from the competition after the second round of heats. Other competitors that withdrew during the course of the event were John Benson in the VE Commodore with oil pressure issues, Daniel Drewett after suffering damage during the racing in heat three and Kellie Atkins with a failed power steering pump. Many of the Modifies will now look forward to racing at Avalon Raceway for the annual Christmas Cup on December 26 before they head to Mildura for Round Four of the VMPA Series. 151212LF137 A GOOD sized crowd turned out at Hamilton’s Western Speedway last Saturday night, witnessing some great racing from the three feature classes. Organisers were a little worried as numbers were down in the 360 sprintcar field, but with a little re programming, an extra heat event added, and some very competitive drivers, the guys turned on a great show. Very little car damage saw all sprintcars turn out for the twenty lap final, and we saw Jake Tranter from SA, and Dion Bellman from Victoria, crossing the line in a dead heat for the win, with both cars recording a total time of 10.09.714. Second place went to Brenton Farrer, and third to Brayden Parr, with all cars that had started the “A” Main completing the full twenty laps. Fastest lap time for the night saw Dion Bellman scorching the earth with a 12.82 second lap. That’s approximately 126 kph. (See the SRA release for a full report on the SRA 360 Gold Cup. ) The VMPA modified sedans put on some of the best sedan racing we have seen for some years, and again, very little carnage, just good hard competitive driving. The “A” Main win went to Brodie Chrystie, ahead of Brenton Mills, and third went to Leigh Bourke. The race was not without controversy, with the steward disqualifying early leaders, Bent and Felsovary after deeming that they had ignored a red light stoppage, caused when Jake Drewett’s car lost a wheel. This left the gate open for a series of challengers, and none worked harder than Mark Carlin, who threw everything into the event, but was not quite able to make it stick, never the less, he truly showed why he is currently the National Modified Sedan Champion. (See VMPA media release for full details. ) The Limited Sportsman Action series saw Jock Baker making a return to the track, and to the winners circle, notching up the win in the “A” Main, ahead of a very determined Bowen Donkers, and Craig Ansell. Hamilton driver Jenny Godfrey is showing improved form every meeting, and is knocking on the door for a podium finish, finishing fourth in this event. Once again the class numbers were well down, but unfortunately, it seems that the competitors are not keen to get out and about. Hopefully this will pick up before their next meeting at Hamilton on January 16th. The Hamilton Club was pleased with the spectator support they received last Saturday night, with a large number of family groups attending from far and wide, as well as the positive feedback we have received since the event. The next scheduled meeting is set for Wednesday December 30th, when the Formula 500 crews come in to town for the running of the annual SpeedWeek Series round. And the street stocks will head in to town for the revamped annual Triple SSS, which has already received nominations from W.A., SA, and Victoria. The JSPA Junior sedans will also contest a feature, and their numbers have been extremely good so far this season, so it will be an action packed night. Inquiries and nominations to 55 719091. despite numbers